Pacific Partnership union Presidential sinking welcomed---but public displays of globalisation grief still mandatory The pending collapse of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade union will be secretly welcomed by New Zealand traders and policymakers alike. One reason is that New Zealand offers no finished goods challenge to United States manufacturers. The other reason is that the Trump Exit evaporates dangers to still flourishing trade with China which would have been tarnished by New Zealand belonging to what is in effect an anti-China bloc. New Zealand exports to the United States are overwhelmingly raw materials for further processing.The president-elect vows to restore…

Why Trump’s Victory Really was Super-Brexit Donald Trump’s victory has been described as “super Brexit” most notably by the president-elect himself. We now examine some of the similarities and we begin with the decision which can now be seen as a dangerous one for President Obama’s highly visible pro Hillary campaigning. This was all the more curious since it was then known in the United States that UK Premier David Cameron’s similar campaigning for his cause Remain had represented more of a burden than a blessing. President Obama’s campaigning was compounded by the intervention of Mrs Obama who had hitherto…